The final of the third cycle (2023–25) of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) is being played between South Africa and Australia at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. In this match, Australia has given a target of 282 runs to South Africa to win. The Australian team is playing the WTC final for the second consecutive time. At the same time, the South African team has entered the title match of the World Test Championship for the first time.

Bavuma got life, this legend got injured

On the third day of this match (13 June), the Australian team has suffered a major setback. Former captain and veteran batsman of the team, Steve Smith became engrossed while catching the catch. 36 -year -old Smith suffered an injury to the youngest finger of the right hand and had to leave the ground. This incident happened in the 20th over of South Africa’s second innings.

South African captain Temba Bavuma tried to hit the second ball of that over of fast bowler Mitchell Starc in leg-side, but the shot timing was not right. The ball came towards Smith standing on the wide slip. Smith was standing about 14 meters from the stump, so he did not get much time to react. The ball came to his right, but he was shaken to the left. In such a situation, he could not catch the catch of Temba Bavuma and also became England.

When Steve Smith dripped the catch of Temba Bavuma, the South African captain was batting for just 2 runs. Instead of Steve Smith, young player Sam Contas came on the field for fielding, but after a few overs, he also needed medical assistance. In such a situation, Sam Contas also left the ground and went out to field Matt Kuanman in his place.

Australia’s playing in WTC finals 11: Usman Khwaja, Marnas Labushen, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Bu Webster, Alex Carrie (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (Capnins), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lion, Josh Hazlewood.

South Africa’s playing in WTC finals 11: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Aden Markram, Ryan Ryan Ricelton, Vian Mulder, Triston Stabs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verene (wicketkeeper), Marco Jansen, Keshan, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi.

South Africa has come close to victory in the final of the third cycle (2023–25) of the World Test Championship (WTC). Australia got a target of 282 runs to win in this title match being played at Lord’s. Chasing the target, South Africa scored 213 runs at the loss of two wickets till the third day (June 13) stump. That is, South Africa is just 69 runs away from the title win. Aden Markram is unbeaten on 102 and captain Temba Bavuma 65 runs.

Injured at the crease like a mountain

Aiden Markram has faced 159 balls so far and 11 fours have come out of his bat. On the other hand, Temba Bavuma has hit five fours in the 121 -ball innings. So far, 143 runs have been partnered off 232 balls for the third wicket between Bavuma and Markram. Markram has definitely scored a century during the run, but the passion that Bavuma showed despite the hamstring injury is Kabilatarif. In front of this adventure innings of Bavuma, the century innings of Aiden Markram also looks faded.

Temba Bavuma came to bat at number four in the second innings of South Africa and at the beginning of innings he did not take that touch. When Bavuma was on 2 runs, Steve Smith dripped his catch in the wide slip. After a few overs, the situation for Bavuma became worse, when his hamstring was pulled while taking the run. This incident took place in the 24th over of South Africa’s innings. Due to stretch in hamstrings, the strings were seen moaning and lame. However, despite the pain, Bavuma stayed like a mountain and did not give any chance to the Kangaroo bowlers.

Temba Bavuma completed his half -century off 82 balls, but did not decide to celebrate. Neither did he lift the bat, nor tied a fist. It seems that Bavuma wants to ensure the victory of the team first and then the celebration will go on. Anyway, the South African team has been shattered on the important occasion many times and the team’s wait to win the ICC title has been very long. However, it seems that this 27 years of waiting may end today. Fans are fiercely praising this combative innings of Bavuma.

When did South Africa last won ICC title?

Let us know that South Africa has not won the ICC title since winning the Nockout Trophy (now Champions Trophy) in 1998. When South Africa won the ICC title for the last time, the team’s cricketers Marco Jansen and Triston Stabs were not even born. The South African team reached the semi -finals or finals in the last few years, but the trophy remained away from it.

In the final, the Australian team lost the toss and scored 212 runs in their first innings while batting first. In response, 6 wickets of Pat Cummins killed South Africa’s first innings for 138 runs. On the basis of the first innings, the Kangaroo team got a lead of 74 runs. Then Australia scored 207 runs in their second innings and set a target of 282 runs in front of South Africa.

South Africa’s playing in WTC finals 11: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Aden Markram, Ryan Ryan Ricelton, Vian Mulder, Triston Stabs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verene (wicketkeeper), Marco Jansen, Keshan, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi.

Australia’s playing in WTC finals 11: Usman Khwaja, Marnas Labushen, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Bu Webster, Alex Carrie (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (Capnins), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lion, Josh Hazlewood.

Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy 2025 1st Test: Just a few days and … After this, the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy 2025 will start on the soil of England. The first Test match is to be held in Leeds (Headingley). If the playing 11 of the Indian team is seen, then it is believed to be fixed. At the same time, there may be a debut of some new Khiladis in Team India.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul will be seen while opening. Because both were seen playing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Recently at number 3, Shubman Gill played for the Indian team.

Since Virat Kohli’s number 4 position is vacant, he can shift himself down. In such a situation, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwaran, Karun Nair are contenders at number 3. Karun Nair is believed to be the strongest claim of these three.

Meanwhile, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has supported Sai Sudarshan as India’s new number 3 batsman in Test cricket. Harbhajan said- According to me, Sai Sudarshan should play at number 3. He is a left -handed batsman, is in great form and has also done very well in the IPL. His technique is strong and I think he is the right killai for this place. Coach Gambhir himself has also praised Sai. At the same time, the place in the playing of Karun Nair is being considered confirmed.

At number 5, wicketkeeper and vice -captain Rishabh Pant can be seen playing. Nitish Kumar Reddy can play at number 6 and Ravindra Jadeja at number 7. Since England’s pitch pacer and seam are considered to be suitable for bowling, there is a possibility that the Indian team will include one of Jadeja or Kuldeep in one of the same playing 11.

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Will Nitish Reddy bowl?
At the same time, one more thing will be seen, will Nitish Reddy bowl? Nitish bowled in only 3 innings in the recently concluded IPL 2025, in which he took 2 wickets. Nitish was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 6 crore.

With him, India’s coach Morne Morkel said in a practice session- Reddy is a talented player who can sometimes bowl amazing, now there is a need to do well and we are working on it. I have told Reddy that they should bowl more. We all know what he can do with the bat, but if he also contributes with the ball, it will be beneficial for the team. In such a situation, it is certain that Nitish is watching the fourth bowling role in the Indian team from Reddy.

Who will be the pace of team India, will Kuldeep get a chance?
Jaspreet is sure to play as a pacer in playing 11. Will Arshdeep get a chance to debut in the team or not? Who will get a chance from the famous Krishna or Mohammad Siraj, or both will play, it will also be a matter of view. However, Kuldeep is seen making a place in the team’s playing 11 with Mushkil.

He has played just 13 Test matches so far, and on the land of England he played only one Test match at Lord’s in the year 2018. At the same time, he has very little experience of playing on the pact outside the Indian subcontinent, which currently shows the minus point for him. However, there is a special thing with Kuldeep that he has the ability to rotate the ball on any point.

Which position good for Gill?
Talking about the newly appointed captain of the Indian team Shubman Gill, he has scored 1893 runs in 35.05 in 32 Tests so far. At the same time, he has scored 28 runs in 4 innings of 3 Tests on the first position. On the second position, Shubman has scored 846 runs in 25 passengers of 14 Tests, 36.78 average of average, he also has 2 centuries and half -centuries on this position. Gill, playing on the third position, has scored 1019 runs in 30 matters of 17 Tests from 37.74. On the number three position, he has 3 centuries and the same number of half -centuries.

Kohli record at number 4
Talking about Virat Kohli, he has now said Alvida from Test cricket. His favorite batting position was number 4. Between 2013-2025, he scored 7564 runs in 160 passengers of 98 Tests at 50.09 on this position. During this, Kohli scored 26 centuries and 21 half -centuries at number four position.

• Kohli at number 3 position: 5 Tests, 8 innings, 167 runs, 23.85 averages
• Kohli at number 5 position: 27 Tests, 32 innings, 1084 runs, 37.37 average,
• Kohli at number 6 position: 5 Tests, 9 innings, 404 runs, 44.88 averages

Karun Nair’s test career
Talking about Karun Nair, he has played a total of 6 matches in his Test career. During this time, he has scored 374 runs in 7 passengers of 6 Test matches with an average of 62.33. At the same time, Karun’s innings with a triple century came, he made it while playing on the fifth position. On this fifth position, Karun has scored 321 runs in 3 matches of 3 Test matches. His highest score has been 303*.

Indian team’s possible playing in Handingley Test 11: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan/Abhimanyu Ishwar/Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain/Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, famous Krishna/Arshadeep Singh.

India and England Test series
Total Test between India England: 136,
India won: 35, England won: 51, draw: 50

Total Test between India England (in England)
Total Test: 67, India won: 9, England won: 36, draw: 22

Total Test between India England (in India)
Total Test: 69, India won: 26, England won: 15, draw: 28

England team for first Test against India: Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Bridon Cars, Sam Cook, Jack Crlay, Ben Docket, Jamie Olon, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Woakes.

18 -member Indian team for England tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (Deputy Captain/Wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Ishwar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Karun Nair, Kulne Nair, Kulpadh Singh, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kulpadh, Kulpadh, Kulpandar, Kulpandar, Kulpadh, Kulpandar, Kulla Yadav

Full schedule of India vs England Test series
First Test: 20-24 June, 2025 – Headingley, Leeds
Second Test: 2-6 July, 2025 – Edgbaston, Birmingham
Third Test: 10-14 July, 2025 – Lords, London
Fourth Test: 23-27 July, 2025 – Old Trafford, Manchester
Fifth Test: 31 July -4 August, 2025 – The Oval, London

South Africa has won the third cycle (2023–25) of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the final held at the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. In the match, South Africa had a target of 282 runs to win, which he achieved before lunch on the fourth day (June 14).

South Africa has won the ICC title after 27 years. Earlier, he won his first ICC title in 1998 (Wils International Cup). Let us know that in this match, Australia scored 212 in the first innings and 207 runs in the second innings. On the other hand, South Africa’s first innings was reduced to 138 runs. On the basis of the first innings, Australia got a lead of 74 runs, due to which it set a target of 282 runs in front of South Africa.

Bavuma-Markeram overturned the match

Chasing the target, South Africa lost the second wicket on a score of 70 runs in their second innings. From here, Eden Markram and captain Temba Bavuma buried the peg at the crease. The two had a partnership of 147 runs for the third wicket, which made South Africa’s work easy. During this partnership, Markram completed a century off 101 balls with the help of 11 fours. This was the eighth century of his Test career. Markram became the first South African batsman to score a century in the final of the ICC event.

On the other hand, Temba Bavuma also managed to play the best innings despite struggling with Hamstring Inzari. Bavuma scored 66 runs off 134 balls, including five fours. Bavuma was run by opposition captain Pat Cummins. Triston Stabs could not do anything special and became a victim of Mitchell Starc by scoring 8 runs. From here, Markram and David Bedigham shared a 35 -run partnership for five wickets and reached South Africa. When South Africa had to score 6 runs to win, Markram was out. Markram was run by Josh Hazlewood. Markram scored 136 off 207 balls, including 14 fours.

South Africa scorecard in second innings: (282/5, 83.4 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Aden marikram	Catch Travis Head, Bold Josh Hazlewood	136
Ryan Ricelton	Catch Alex Carrie, Bold Mitchell Starc	6
Vian mulder	Catch Marnas Labushen, Bold Mitchell Starc	27
Temba Bavuma	Catch Alex Carry, Bold Pat Cummins	66
Triston Stabs	Bold Mitchell Starc	8
David Bedingham	Unbeaten	21*
Kyle Weren	Unbeaten	4*

Wicket Fall: 9-1 (Ryan Recelton, 2.1 overs), 70-2 (Vian Mulder, 17.4 Over), 217-3 (Temba Bavuma, 58.6 overs), 241-4 (Triston Stabs, 70.3 Over), 276-5 (Aden Markram, 80.6 over)

Stark did amazing with Australia’s second innings
Talking about Australia’s second innings, the score of the Kangaroo team was at one time for 73 runs for seven wickets. Australia could reach the score of 207 runs due to the great batting of wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carrie and Mitchell Starc from here. Stark scored 58* runs off 136 balls, including five fours. Wahi Alex Carrie scored 43 runs off 50 balls with the help of 5 fours. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada took four wickets while bowling well in the second innings. While Lungi Angidi achieved three successes.

Australia’s second innings scorecard: (207/10, 65 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Marnas labushen	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Marco Jansen	22
Osman Khwaja	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Kagiso Rabada	6
Cameron Green	Catch Vian Mulder, Bold Kagiso Rabada	0
Steve Smith	Lbw lungi angidi	13
Travis head	Bold vian mulder	9
Bu Webster	Lbw lungi angidi	9
Alex Carrie	LBW Kagiso Rabada	43
Pat Cummins	Bold lungi angidi	6
Mitchell Starc	Unbeaten	58*
Nathan Lion	LBW Kagiso Rabada	2
Josh Hazlewood	Catch Keshav Maharaj, Bold Eden Markram	17

Wicket Fall: 28-1 (Osman Khwaja, 10.2 overs), 28-2 (Cameron Green, 10.4 overs), 44-3 (Marnas Labushen, 17.5 overs), 48-4 (Steve Smith, 18.5 over), 64-5 (Bu Webster, 22.6 overs), 66-6 (66-6 (22.6 overs), 66-6 (Trevis Head, 23.4 over), 73-7 (24-7 over), 134-8 (Alex Carrie, 38.2 overs), 148-9 (Nathan Lion, 42.4 overs), 207-10 (Josh Hazlewood, 64.6 overs)

African batsmen piled in front of Cummins in the first innings
The performance of South African batsmen in the first innings was also disappointing. As a result, the entire team of South Africa was reduced to 138 runs. David Bedingham scored the highest 45 runs for the South African team, including six fours. At the same time, captain Temba Bavuma scored 36 runs off 84 balls with the help of four fours and one six .. Australian captain Pat Cummins took six wickets, while Mitchell Starc had two successes.

South Africa’s first innings scorecard: (138/10, 57.5 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Aden marikram	Bold Mitchell Starc	0
Ryan Ricelton	Catch Usman Khwaja, Bold Mitchell Starc	16
Vian mulder	Bold Pat Cummins	6
Temba Bavuma	Catch Marnas Labushen, Bold Pat Cummins	36
Triston Stabs	Bold Josh Hazlewood	2
David Bedingham	Catch Alex Carry, Bold Pat Cummins	45
Kyle Verene	LBW Pat Cummins	13
Marco Jansen	Cott and bold pat Cummins	0
Keshav Maharaj	run out	7
Kagiso rabada	Catch Bu Webster, Bold Pat Cummins	1
Lungi anigdi	Unbeaten	0*

Wicket Fall: 0-1 (Aden Markram, 0.6 overs), 19-2 (Ryan Ryyan Ricelton, 8.4 overs), 25–3 (Vian Mulder, 15.2 over), 30-4 (Triston Stabs, 20.2 over), 94-5 (Temba Bawuma, 39.2 overs), 126-6 (Kail Verene, 51.3 over), 126-7 (Maro Jaanesan, 51.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6. Over), 135-8 (David Bedingham, 55.2 overs), 138-9 (Keshav Maharaj, 56.5 overs), 138-10 (Kagiso Rabada, 57.1 overs)

Rabada’s ‘claw’ includes Australia in the first innings
Batting first after losing the toss, the Australian team scored 212 runs in their first innings. Bu Webster scored the highest innings of 72 runs, including 11 fours. At the same time, 66 runs came out of the bat of former captain Steve Smith. Smith hit 10 fours in his innings. For South Africa, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took the maximum five wickets, while Khabbu Pesar Marco Jansen got three successes. Spin bowlers Keshav Maharaj and Eden Markram also took one wicket each.

Australia’s first innings scorecard: (242/10, 56.4 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Osman Khwaja	Catch David Bedingham, Bold Kagiso Rabada	0
Marnas labushen	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Marco Jansen	17
Cameron Green	Catch aden markram, bold kagiso rabada	4
Steve Smith	Catch Marco Jansen, Bold Aden Markram	66
Travis head	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Marco Jansen	11
Bu Webster	Catch David Bedingham, Bold Kagiso Rabada	72
Alex Carrie	Bold Keshav Maharaj	23
Pat Cummins	Bold Kagiso Rabada	1
Mitchell Starc	Bold Kagiso Rabada	1
Nathan Lion	Marco Jansen	0
Josh Hazlewood	Unbeaten	0*

Vickle collapse: 12-1 (Osman Khwaja, 6.3 overs), 16-2 (Cameron Green, 6.6 overs), 46-3 (Marnas Labushen, 17.6 overs), 67-4 (Trevis Head, 23.2 over), 146-5 (Steve Smith, 41.6 overs), 192-6 (Elex Carry, 51.1 over), 199-7 (Alexion, 51.1 over), 52.4.4444 Over), 210-8 (webster, 54.4 overs), 211-9 (Nathan Lion, 55.5 Over), 212-10 (Mitchell Starc, 56.4 over).

In the history of Test cricket, 101 matches have been played between South Africa and Australia so far. During this time, the Australian team won 54 matches. While South Africa also won 26 matches. 21 matches between the two countries were left on a draw. That is, the Kangaroo team has been heavy in the figures.

Australia’s playing in WTC finals 11: Usman Khwaja, Marnas Labushen, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Bu Webster, Alex Carrie (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (Capnins), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lion, Josh Hazlewood.

South Africa’s playing in WTC finals 11: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Aden Markram, Ryan Ryan Ricelton, Vian Mulder, Triston Stabs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verene (wicketkeeper), Marco Jansen, Keshan, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi.

The Indian cricket team has to play a five -match Test against England from 20 June. Indian players are busy preparing for this Test series. Under this, Indian players are playing a four-day Intra-Squad Match (match), which is being played in closed doors on the county ground of Bekenham.

On the first day of this intra-voice match i.e. 13 June (Friday), KL Rahul and Indian captain Shubman Gill performed brilliantly with the bat. Both players managed to score half -centuries. At the same time, fast bowler Shardul Thakur took wickets. The Cricket Control Board of India (BCCI) gave information about this by sharing the post.

Opener KL Rahul and captain Shubman Gill’s stay in form is very good news for Team India. KL Rahul recently played a century (116 runs) in the second unauthorized Test match of India-A against England Lions.

Shubman Gill is going to start his new innings in Test cricket as captain. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement, he was made the captain of the Test team. However, Shubman’s Test record has not been good in England. He has scored 88 runs playing 3 Tests in England. During this time his highest score was 28 runs.

The first match of the five -match Test series between India and England will be played from June 20 at the Leeds Cricket Ground in Handingley. Then the next Test will be held from 2 to 6 July at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The third Test match is to be played in Lord’s from 10 July to 14 July. Manchester’s Old Trafford Maidan will host the fourth Test from July 23 to July 27. At the same time, the fifth and last match of the series will be played from 31 July to 4 August at The Oval, London.

18 -member Indian team for England tour: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain/Wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Ishwar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna, Karun Nair, Akash Deep, Akash Deep, Akash Deepa, Vaashadi Dip, Kuldeep, Kuldeep Yadav

England team for first Test against India: Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Bridon Cars, Sam Cook, Jack Crlay, Ben Docket, Jamie Olon, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Woakes.

Full schedule of India vs England Test series
First Test: 20-24 June, 2025- Handingley, Leeds
Second Test: July 2-6, 2025- Edgbaston, Birmingham
Third Test: 10-14 July, 2025- Lords, London
Fourth Test: 23-27 July, 2025- Old Trafford, Manchester
Fifth Test: 31 July-4 August, 2025- The Oval, London

The South Africa team has created history by defeating Australia in the final match of the World Test Championship (WTC 2025) at the historic Lord’s ground in England. With this victory, South Africa, captained by Temba Bavuma, has won the ICC title after 27 years. Earlier in 1998, South Africa won the Vills International Cup (now Champions Trophy). After this, many occasions came when South Africa had a chance to win the ICC title. But again and again, South Africa’s hand left a chance. Due to this, Chokrs also got up in front of this team. But after 27 years, this team has also ended the drought of the ICC title by making the kingdom of the Test match.

This is how the final match of WTC was

Batting first after losing the toss, the Australian team scored 212 runs in their first innings. Bu Webster scored the highest innings of 72 runs, including 11 fours. At the same time, 66 runs came out of the bat of former captain Steve Smith. Smith hit 10 fours in his innings. For South Africa, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took the maximum five wickets, while Khabbu Pesar Marco Jansen got three successes. Spin bowlers Keshav Maharaj and Eden Markram also took one wicket each.

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South Africa looked battered in the first innings

The performance of South African batsmen in the first innings was also disappointing. As a result, the entire team of South Africa was reduced to 138 runs. David Bedingham scored the highest 45 runs for the South African team, including six fours. At the same time, captain Temba Bavuma scored 36 runs off 84 balls with the help of four fours and one six .. Australian captain Pat Cummins took six wickets, while Mitchell Starc had two successes.

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This was the thrill of the second innings

Talking about Australia’s second innings, the score of the Kangaroo team was at one time for 73 runs for seven wickets. Australia could reach the score of 207 runs due to the great batting of wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carrie and Mitchell Starc from here. Stark scored 58* runs off 136 balls, including five fours. Wahi Alex Carrie scored 43 runs off 50 balls with the help of 5 fours. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada took four wickets while bowling well in the second innings. While Lungi Angidi achieved three successes. But due to this, South Africa had a target of 282 runs.

South Africa created history by chasing 282

When the South African team entered the field to chase the total chase of 282, it seemed that this match would be easily won. The start of South Africa was also not good. South Africa got the first blow on the score of 9 when Ryan Ricelton was dismissed. But after this there was a good partnership between Mulder and Marakram. Then Mulder’s wicket fell on a score of 70. But the marks remained at one end. After this, captain Temba Bavuma came to the crease. There was a historic partnership of 147 runs between Marakram and Bavuma. Bavuma scored 66 runs. When Bawuma was out on the score of 217, this match was in the fist of South Africa. But the marks remained at one end even then. He also scored a century. Eventually South Africa won the match by 5 wickets. Marakram scored 136 runs in this WTC final.

Australia’s dream of winning the title for the second consecutive time

Last year, Australia defeated India and won the Test Championship title. At that time, the team was in the hands of Pat Cummins. In such a situation, this was the second consecutive chance when Cummins would make Australia a Test champion under his captaincy. But South Africa dashed his expectations.

Why South Africa was called Chockers

The African team was called Chockers in world cricket due to missing in a big match. The South African team won the ICC tournament for the last time by the African team (1998) African team. The African team was confused on many occasions in world cricket. In South Africa’s ICC tournaments, the hallmark of disappointing past is something like this ….

1992 ODI World Cup semi -final against Australia

South Africa, who returned to international cricket after suffering 21 years of expulsion due to apartheid, had a great fast bowler and tight fielder. But it rained in the semi -finals and instead of 22 runs from 7 balls, he now got a ‘impossible’ revised target of scoring 22 runs in 1 ball. And thus he lost.

1996 World Cup quarter final against West Indies

After winning all the group matches, the team of Hansi Cronia’s team was considered heavy, but after Bryan Lara’s great batting, Roger Harper and Jimmy Adams’s trap got trapped in South African batsmen and lost the match by 19 runs.

1999 World Cup semi -final against Australia

The most disappointing match in South Africa’s cricket history was probably in this match. Lance Clusner, who was the best player of the tournament, made the ‘Tragedy King’. Chasing the target of 214 runs to win, South Africa had to score 9 runs in the last over. The last pair was at the crease. Clusner hit a four off the first two balls, but Alan Donald was run out on the next ball and the match was tied. Australia reached the finals due to winning the super six phase.

2007 World Cup semi -final against Australia

South Africa’s decision of batting first proved to be wrong. Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers and Mark Boucher were dismissed on a score of 149. Australia won the match with 20 overs left.

2009 T20 World Cup semi -final against Pakistan

South Africa defeated New Zealand, England, West Indies, India and made it to the last four. But in front of Shahid Afridi’s brilliant spin bowling, the team could not even achieve the target of 150 runs.

2011 ODI World Cup quarter final against New Zealand

Legendary like AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessi, Graeme Smith, Jacks Kallis and JP Duminy could not achieve the target of 222 runs against New Zealand. At one time, after scoring 108 runs for 8 wickets in 25 overs, the next seven wickets were lost for 64 runs.

2013 Champions Trophy semi -final against England
South Africa’s score was 80 for 8 wickets, after which David Miller and Rory Kleenwell took it to 175 runs. With the help of Jonathan Trot’s unbeaten 82 runs, England won 12 overs and seven wickets remaining.

2014 T20 World Cup semi -final against India
The Indian team defeated South Africa by performing brilliantly.

2015 ODI World Cup semi -final against New Zealand
Golden generation of South African cricketers. Every department has tremendous, but again lost the semi -finals. New Zealand defeated South Africa and broke the heart of South Africa.

2022 T20 World Cup Super 12 against Netherlands
A winning one win from the semi -finals, the South African team was defeated by the Netherlands by 13 runs.

2023 ODI World Cup semi -finals against Australia
After performing brilliantly in the league stage, South Africa team proved to be ‘Chokar’ once again in the important match of the last four

Why was South Africa cut off from world cricket ..?

The South Africa government had made some rules which made the ICC confused. According to the government rules, their country’s team was allowed to play against white countries (England, Australia and New Zealand). The condition was also that only white players would play in the opposition team.

The ICC suspended South Africa, threatening the future of African players. The career of many cricketers there ended in the wait, when will the South African team return to international cricket. Finally, after 21 years (in 1991) the day came when South Africa changed and the policy of apartheid was abolished there.

Casso Rabada WTC Faln 2025: South Africa performed brilliantly on the first day of the World Test Championship Final 2025. In this match being played at the Lord’s grounds in England, South Africa won the toss and chose the first bowling. The Kangaroo team piled up for 212 runs in this match. South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada bowled well and took 5 wickets for 51 runs.

As a result, the Defending Champion Kangaroo team was reduced to very quickly. The South African team, who came out in response, has lost 4 wickets for 43 runs on the first day. Kagiso Rabada, the biggest hero of the first day of the WTC final, was also in the discussion due to wrong reasons.

Five-wicket haul in his first World Test Championship Final 🔥

Watch his incredible spell ➡️ https://t.co/ohqHuu1iQU pic.twitter.com/Lph78tTsYq

— ICC (@ICC) June 12, 2025

He was able to play only two matches for Gujarat Titans in the IPL. After this, he returned home after telling him “personal region”. Later it was discovered that he was banned for a month for consuming cocaine.

After returning to India, he played only two more matches. His performance throughout the tournament was very weak. He was at 88th in economy rate and number 100 in strike rate, that is, he looks like a common player, who does not expect a class player like Rabada.

What happened after this was even more shocking. Rabada apologized, but he did not say which drug he had done and how many times he had done. Caught by using just once will also be considered a kind of misfortune. The special thing is that the two senior journalists who had reported this news earlier, were not invited to the press conference of Rabada.

Rabada’s amazing in WTC Final, left behind old controversy

On Wednesday (June 11), the pressure on Rabada’s shoulders in Lord’s was somewhat more. Captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and not batting, but chose bowling. Rabada proved this decision right. He took 5 wickets for 51 runs in 15.4 overs by dismissing Usman Khwaja, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Bu Webster and Nathan Lion. When he was asked about the cocaine controversy, Rabada said smiling, he was not my best watch … Now life is moving forward. I try my best in every match.

CAUGHT & Webster departs! 💪🏻#BeauWebster‘s resistance is broken! #Kagisorabada gets the breakthrough and he now moves up to No. 4 on South Africa’s all-time Test wicket-takers list! 👏🏻

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– Star Sports (@Starsportsindia) June 11, 2025

With this performance, Rabada’s Test wicket became 332, leaving behind Allen Donald and finished fourth in the list of South Africa’s highest wicket -takers. Now beyond them are only del Stan, Shaun Paulk and Makhaya Antenni.

Keep in mind that Rabada was seen playing with Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL). During this, he took 2 wickets in 4 matches of this season. His economy rate was recorded at 11.57 and average 42. In late March, Kagiso Rabada returned to his home from IPL 2025 due to “personal reasons”. But later it was revealed that he was found positive in a test conducted for some intoxicated substance (such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin or ecstasy). After this, things related to his mistake became public.

Bengaluru stampede case: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (June 11) completed the hearing on the petitions of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and his marketing head Nikhil Sore. These petitions were filed for the criminal case, which was associated with the stampede and deaths during the Celebration of RCB’s winning victory in the IPL. Now the court will pronounce its decision in this case at 2:30 pm on Thursday (June 12).

But the biggest question in this case is that even after the Inquiry Committee, Blaim game (allegation implants), the death of RCB fans has still not been answered. The Karnataka government on Wednesday held the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

11 people died in this accident. The government told the High Court that no permission was taken for this event and the organizers had called the entire world through social media ‘.

On Wednesday, the petition of four people was heard in the court, including the yacht of RCB’s marketing head Nikhil Sosale. The case was heard by the High Court Judge S.R. Krishna is doing a single bench of Kumar.

The government also informed that the investigation of this matter has now been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). He said that the time of investigation transfer is not important because the High Court was informed about it on time. After the stampede incident, many police officers were suspended and new appointments were made immediately, including a new police commissioner. The court is now investigating the files related to his appointment.

The government also alleged that RCB’s marketing head Nikhil Sosale was trying to escape. He told that a flight ticket was booked at 10:56 pm and the next morning flight was to be taken. Advocate General said, ‘There is no doubt.’

Percended was sought an hour before the match started
Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty, who appeared on behalf of the state government, said in the court on Wednesday that RCB had won the match against Punjab on 29 May and he knew that he had reached the finals. Despite this, he neither took permission to take out the procession of victory (Victory Parade) nor sought a permission to celebrate in the stadium.

Shetty, while favoring the government, said- On June 3, just one hour before the match started, the organizers gave a letter to the administration, in which it was written that they will organize the Victory Parade ‘. That is, they were not asking for permission, just giving information about their plan.

The Advocate General also informed the court on Wednesday that only a information was given by the organizers by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). Apart from this, no formal permission was taken.

Despite this, RCB made several posts on social media from 11:30 am on the night of June 3 to the morning of June 4, in which the fans were called to attend the Victory Parade and Selibration.

The capacity was 33 thousand, reached 4 lakhs
The Advocate General said in the court- it seemed as if he had called the whole world. He said that about 3.5 to 4 lakh people reached outside the stadium, while the stadium had a capacity of only 33,000 people. He also said that the organizers never told who will be allowed inside. It was only written in his social media posts that all the fans should come and cheer for the team.

Whose responsibility was to handle RCB fans?
The government had told the court that there was an agreement between RCB and BCCI regarding gate management, ticketing and security, according to which the entire responsibility to handle the crowd was of the franchise and the cricket board. It was earlier said that for this event, three parties had reached an agreement with DNA Entertainment Company and KSCA, but in the court it was misunderstood and improved.

RCB printed the truth in the case
Advocate General said that RCB tried to hide the truth and introduced this event as a government program, while it was a completely private event. He told that RCB spoke of free pass on social media, but it was not clear who will be allowed inside and who is not. He said in court, “RCB has come to court with wrong information and has tried to mislead it.”

DC Jagdish started recording the statements of the injured
The magistrate investigation of the stampede that took place at the Chinnaswamy Stadium also started on June 11; In which Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jagdish started recording the statements of the injured in the DC court premises on Wednesday. The state government had ordered an inquiry, the responsibility of which has been given to DC Jagdish. They have to report in 15 days.

Important twist of Bengaluru stampede, what happened?
The team of RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became champions for the first time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs on 3 June. Just a day after this victory, a Victory Parade was organized in Bengaluru, first it was to be in the open bus, but it did not happen again. Later an accident occurred before the Victory Parade, where 11 people died and many were injured. Later in this case, RCB Management, Karnataka Cricket State Union (KSCA), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) dismissed. Later on 5 June, the High Court also had to intervene in the matter and sought a report of the entire case by June 10.

On 5 June, an FIR was lodged against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), DNA Entertainment Network (which was the event), Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and other unknown people at the Kabban Park Police Station in connection with the death of 11 people and injuries. In this case, CM CM Siddaramaiah held the police responsible for the Bengaluru stampede. After which many officers including the police commissioner were suspended. Later, Karnataka IPS officer Seemaant Kumar Singh was appointed as the new Police Commissioner of Bengaluru. On June 5, RCB had announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the families of 11 supporters who lost their lives in the stampede.

On June 6, the news came that the police arrested Nikhil Sosh, a marketing head of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). This was first arrested by the police in the stampede case before the RCB’s Victory Parade in Bangalru on June 4. Three DNA staff members Kiran, Sumanth and Sunil Mathew were detained by the police.

South Africa and Australia continue to collide in the final of the World Test Championships (WTC) 2023-25. The game of two has ended in this match being played at the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. On the second day (June 12), the Australian team scored 144 runs in their second innings at the loss of 8 wickets. Australia’s total lead is now 218 runs and has 2 wickets left. Nathan Lion 1 and Mitchell Starc are playing 16 runs.

14 wickets fell on the second day too

Let us know that South Africa’s first innings was reduced to 138 runs after lunch on the second day. On the basis of the first innings, Australia got an important lead of 74 runs. Australia scored 212 runs in their first innings. On the first day of the game, 14 wickets fell. Then only 14 wickets fell on the second day. The match is currently looking equal.

The Australian team did not start in the second innings. Usman Khwaja became a victim of Kagiso Rabada on a personal score of just 6 runs. Then Rabada also returned Cameron Green to the pavilion on a private score of 0. Australia’s third wicket fell as opener Marnas Labushen, who became the victim of Marco Jansen on a personal score of 22 runs. Then Lungi Angidi gave the fourth success to the South African team by dismissing Steve Smith (13 runs).

Bu Webster (9 runs), who scored a half -century in the first innings, could not do wonders and he was lbw out by Lungi Engidi. Then Vian Mulder bowled Travis Head (9 runs) on a great ball and Australia’s score to 66 for 66 runs. Captain Pat Cummins (6 runs) also could not stand at the crease for long and his innings was ended by Angidi. After seven wickets fell for 73 runs, Alex Carrie and Mitchell Starc had an important partnership of 61 runs for the eighth wicket. Kagiso Rabada broke this partnership by dismissing Alex Carry. Carrie scored 43 off 50 balls with the help of 5 fours.

Australia’s second innings scorecard so far: (144/8, 40 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Marnas labushen	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Marco Jansen	22
Osman Khwaja	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Kagiso Rabada	6
Cameron Green	Catch Vian Mulder, Bold Kagiso Rabada	0
Steve Smith	Lbw lungi angidi	13
Travis head	Bold vian mulder	9
Bu Webster	Lbw lungi angidi	9
Alex Carrie	LBW Kagiso Rabada	43
Pat Cummins	Bold lungi angidi	6
Mitchell Starc	Unbeaten	16*
Nathan Lion	Unbeaten	1*

Wicket Fall: 28-1 (Osman Khwaja, 10.2 overs), 28-2 (Cameron Green, 10.4 overs), 44-3 (Marnas Labushen, 17.5 overs), 48-4 (Steve Smith, 18.5 over), 64-5 (Bu Webster, 22.6 overs), 66-6 (66-6 (22.6 overs), 66-6 (Trevis Head, 23.4 over), 73-7 (24-7 over), 134-8 (Alex Carrie, 38.2 overs)

Pat Cummins shocks 6 wickets, Australia got important lead

Let us know that in response to 212 runs of Australia’s first innings, South Africa did not start well and he lost four wickets on the score of 30 runs. Aden Markram (0), Ryan Ryyan Ricelton (16), Vian Mulder (6) and Triston Stabs (2) could not do anything special. Then Temba Bavuma and Bedingham had not allowed South Africa to suffer any other damage. By the end of the first day, South Africa scored 43 runs for four wickets.

On the second day of the game, captain Temba Bavuma and David Bedingham did a comprehension batting and did not allow South Africa to suffer any harm in the first hour game. Bavuma’s eyes were frozen and it seemed that he could play a big innings, but the opposition team captain Pat Cummins caught him on a good ball. Bavuma scored 36 runs off 84 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Bavuma and Bedingham had a 64 -run partnership for the fifth wicket.

After Temba Bavuma was dismissed, David Bedingham carried forward the innings with Kyle Verene. Verene (13 runs) were set to the crease, but Pat Cummins ended her innings. After two balls, Cummins also sent Marco Jansen to the pavilion, who could not even open the account. Pat Cummins then caught David Bedingham by wicketkeeper Alex Carrie and completed his five wickets in the innings. Bedingham scored 45 off 111 balls, including six fours.

It did not take long for South African team to shrink the innings after Bedingham was dismissed. Keshav Maharaj (7 runs) was run out, while Kagiso Rabada was dismissed by Pat Cummins. Cummins took a total of six wickets, while Mitchell Starc achieved two successes. Josh Hazlewood also got a success.

South Africa’s first innings scorecard: (138/10, 57.5 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Aden marikram	Bold Mitchell Starc	0
Ryan Ricelton	Catch Usman Khwaja, Bold Mitchell Starc	16
Vian mulder	Bold Pat Cummins	6
Temba Bavuma	Catch Marnas Labushen, Bold Pat Cummins	36
Triston Stabs	Bold Josh Hazlewood	2
David Bedingham	Catch Alex Carry, Bold Pat Cummins	45
Kyle Verene	LBW Pat Cummins	13
Marco Jansen	Cott and bold pat Cummins	0
Keshav Maharaj	run out	7
Kagiso rabada	Catch Bu Webster, Bold Pat Cummins	1
Lungi anigdi	Unbeaten	0*

Wicket Fall: 0-1 (Aden Markram, 0.6 overs), 19-2 (Ryan Ryyan Ricelton, 8.4 overs), 25–3 (Vian Mulder, 15.2 over), 30-4 (Triston Stabs, 20.2 over), 94-5 (Temba Bawuma, 39.2 overs), 126-6 (Kail Verene, 51.3 over), 126-7 (Maro Jaanesan, 51.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6. Over), 135-8 (David Bedingham, 55.2 overs), 138-9 (Keshav Maharaj, 56.5 overs), 138-10 (Kagiso Rabada, 57.1 overs)

Kangaroo stuck in Rabada’s ‘Panj’ in the first innings

Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, the Australian team scored 212 runs in their first innings. For Australia, Bu Webster scored the highest 72 runs, including 11 fours. Former captain Steve Smith scored 66 runs with the help of 10 fours. South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took the most five wickets. At the same time, Marco Jansen got three successes. Keshav Maharaj and Eden Markram also got one wicket each.

Australia’s first innings scorecard: (242/10, 56.4 overs)

Batsman	Wicket	Run
Osman Khwaja	Catch David Bedingham, Bold Kagiso Rabada	0
Marnas labushen	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Marco Jansen	17
Cameron Green	Catch aden markram, bold kagiso rabada	4
Steve Smith	Catch Marco Jansen, Bold Aden Markram	66
Travis head	Catch Kyle Verene, Bold Marco Jansen	11
Bu Webster	Catch David Bedingham, Bold Kagiso Rabada	72
Alex Carrie	Bold Keshav Maharaj	23
Pat Cummins	Bold Kagiso Rabada	1
Mitchell Starc	Bold Kagiso Rabada	1
Nathan Lion	Marco Jansen	0
Josh Hazlewood	Unbeaten	0*

Vickle collapse: 12-1 (Osman Khwaja, 6.3 overs), 16-2 (Cameron Green, 6.6 overs), 46-3 (Marnas Labushen, 17.6 overs), 67-4 (Trevis Head, 23.2 over), 146-5 (Steve Smith, 41.6 overs), 192-6 (Elex Carry, 51.1 over), 199-7 (Alexion, 51.1 over), 52.4.4444 Over), 210-8 (webster, 54.4 overs), 211-9 (Nathan Lion, 55.5 Over), 212-10 (Mitchell Starc, 56.4 over).

So far 101 Test matches have been played between Australia and South Africa. During this time, the Australian team has won 54 matches, while South Africa has won 26. There were 21 draws. That is, the Australian team has been heavy in the figures.

South Africa’s playing 11: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Aden Markram, Ryan Ryan Ricelton, Vian Mulder, Triston Stabs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verene (wicketkeeper), Marco Jansen, Keshan, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi.

Australia’s playing 11: Usman Khwaja, Marnas Labushen, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Bu Webster, Alex Carrie (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (Capnins), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lion, Josh Hazlewood.